Printing Guide

1. Sign in on the computer closest to the printer.  The same one I use.  Do your image editing in Photoshop.

2. If resizing to fit your image on paper, you may do so automatically in the print dialog box.  If you chose to do it in Photoshop, please make sure to use a resolution of 220-300 ppi if possible, without upsizing the overall resolution or file size.



3. Go to file - Print.  Select the Epson Sylus 7880 Printer.  Make sure you select the right printer or the rest of this will not work out the same.



4. Click on print settings to open the printer dialog box. Click on the correct paper size.  Underneath that, where it says layout, click on that to pull up the print settings.  Select the paper you are using.



5.  Exit out of the print settings, and go back to the Photoshop print window. Where it says color handling. Make sure it says Photoshop Manages Color.  Make sure you select the ICC profile that corresponds to your paper.  This will make it so your print matches what you see on screen (as close as possible).

Paper Buying Guide

Epson Photo Paper Glossy

What you get at the store, servicable quality

Epson Ultra Photo Paper Glossy

Thicker, heavier paper stock, feels better in hands

Epson Ultra Photo Paper Luster

A semi glass with a textured finish, my goto value paper

Epson Ultra Paper Premium Matte

Zero gloss, but the color gamut of the below matte papers are better

Epson Hot Press Paper

Cotton based paper with matte finish, very heavy, good color gamut.  Hot press means it is super smooth. Paper color is slightly warmer. Great for nature and landscape.

Epson Cold Press Paper

like above but with a more textured matte finish

Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper

Cotton based paper with matte finish with a watercolor paper- type texture

Epson Exhibition Fiber Based Paper

Very heavy, fiber based paper, resembles darkroom style photographic prints, great for exhibitions, deep blacks and subtle tonal gradations make this the best paper for black and white.  Also good for portraits.

Third Party brands I support

Red River Metallic Paper

a high gloss finish and a pearlescent base stock that yields an elegant iridescence in your images. Great for images of archetecure, cars, and other high contrast images.  

Red River Baryta 

Kind of like a semigloss version of the Epson Fiber paper, better suited for color printing with a warm white paper color.

Red River Canvas Paper

If you want that painterly look

more options from Red River Paper

Hanemuhle makes probably the best, thickest, most premium paper out there.  If I were going into a museum or new york gallery, I might splurge on this stuff.

Schedule for rest of term

11/7 - studio demo/ abstracts due at end of day

11/12 studio work time

11/14 studio work time

11/19 one/one crits/printing and mounting demo/

11/21 sheena wet plate collodion demo

11/26 final work time

12/3 final work time

Final Project

For your final project consider these 3 options. ...

Create a series of works that represent a new idea, or represents a theme related to your senior exhibition.  (Seniors taking Senior Portfolio in the spring must take this option)

or option 2

Create more work based on an idea that you developed in one of the earlier projects.  

or option 3

Develop a series based around a topic from the class text, or another topic we haven't approached in class already.  

then, this will be the order of assignment deadlines....

Step 1: Proposal

You will need to turn in a one page written proposal for this project, that is due at the end of the day Thursday 11/7.  In your proposal I want you to reference two artists whose work you used for inspiration for your idea. You may get your research from the class text, or Lensculture, one of the two. You can use others but only as extra sources. (50 points) 

Step 2: Check ups

We will meet for a one on one for check up critiques on 11/19 (50 points)

Step 3: Crit

images due at the beginning of class Friday Dec 6th.  You will exhibit a series of 5 images, we will crit them in class.  

Email to me your Lightroom contact sheet PDF of all the images shot for this assignment (minimum 150), and I also want all the original PSD files for the Final images.  (200 points)

Step 4: Exhibition

We will be meeting on Friday December 6th from 8am-10am (Designated Final Exam Time).  We will go over printing and mounting works for the Hallway Gallery Exhibition.  Each student may print 1-3 images (must be larger than 11x17) and mount, frame, or matte them.  Images may come from any part of the class.  Must be hanging by end of the day.  (100 points)

Project 5 Studio Lighting

You will pair up with a partner (or 2). You have all receive access to the studio in Grant room 240. The assignment is designed to give you practice and experience with basic studio lighting.  You will be turning in 5 final images (in photoshop format).  You need to have examples of:

1. Split Light:  light coming from the side of your subject.  With fill

2. Dramatic side light:  strong contrasty light from the side.  No fill

3. Rembrandt Light:  Light creating a small triangle under the eye.

4. Broad Light: Lighting the near or side of the face towards the camera.

5. Butterfly lighting: Causes a shadow line under the nose.

You will receive a demo for each lighting set up on 11/7, and your team can come anytime after that to finish the project.  Final images will be reviewed at end of class 11/19.  

Reading Assignment Blogpost Chapter 6 - Photography Changes What we Remember -Due 11/12

Which essay from the assigned chapter spoke to your own experience the most?  Summarize the main points of the essay and give a personal anecdote that elaborates on why this article spoke to you the most. Which essay made you think about photography in a new way, or spoke to experiences you may not have been as familiar with?  Again, summarize the article and explain why this essay has reshaped your ideas about photography. Write your 200 word (minimum) response below.  Make sure to put your name in the comment

11/12 Rebecca Ross

11/14 Ezequiel Delgado.

someone to look at (in terms of multiples) Becky Wilkes

http://www.beckywilkesphotography.com/ditched-debris/

More images and art from class

PENELOPE UMBRICO from Paris Photo on Vimeo.

Bernd and Hilla Becher

Corinne Vionett
Eric Kessells 24 hours in Photos
Becky Wilkes

https://hyperallergic.com/500916/snap-share-san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art-sfmoma/
https://layersmagazine.com/10-photographers-creating-enigmatic-works-with-double-exposure.html

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s9/robin-rhode-in-johannesburg-segment/

Images from Class

Lenscratch 2019 Diptych exhibition

http://lenscratch.com/2019/05/the-2019-diptych-exhibition/

Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project

https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2018/dawoud-bey-the-birmingham-project.html

Barbara Bosworth

https://unhvrc.wordpress.com/tag/barbara-bosworth/

Kristy Peet - Objects

http://www.kristypeet.com/objects.html

Margaret Hiden - Glenview Circle

http://margarethiden.virb.com/15-glenview-circle

Gordon Parks Field Trip

Just a reminder we will be meeting at the Computer Lab at 9 am tomorrow. Id like to leave 5 or 10 minutes after so please do not be late. 

Please try to car pool as much as you can, save gas, and have more social time.  All is good there. 

https://www.cartermuseum.org/exhibitions/gordon-parks-new-tide-early-work-1940-1950

Our tour starts at 11am, just so you know.  I assume we will be meeting in the front reception area for the tour, but I am not sure.  Ill ask today. 

Parking – if you park immediately outside the Amon Carter you will have to pay.  It isn’t much, just a couple bucks, but still.  If you want free parking, I suggest parking at the Free lot in front of the Modern Art Museum.  You get to it off Darnell street.  You’ll have to walk about a block to the Amon Carter museum, but it is not bad.